Santana (band)

Santana 2003 at a concert in Barcelona

Santana , also known as Santana Blues Band known, a US-based Latin rock - band . It was founded in 1966 by the Mexican-American guitarist and singer Carlos Santana in San Francisco . Santana is a group that is characterized by changes in its personnel composition and, together with Carlos Santana, has made a contribution to the spread of Latin Rock.

history

The band was founded in San Francisco in 1966 , the first formation included Tom Frazier (guitar), Mike Carabello (percussion), Rod Harper (drums), Gus Rodriguez (bass guitar) and Gregg Rolie (organ, vocals). In the years that followed, the composition of the group changed very frequently and fundamentally. With the song Soul Sacrifice they appeared in 1969, shortly after their first album, at the Woodstock Festival and led this to one of the first musical highlights. 1971 to 1972 there was also a brief separation between Santana and the band.

Carlos Santana rarely did the vocal part himself. Usually other band members sang. So on Black Magic Woman from the second album, Abraxas , one of the most famous pieces of the group to hear a singer keyboardist Gregg Rolie.

The current formation (2017)

Carlos Santana - guitar, vocals, percussion
Dave K. Mathews - keyboards
Benny Rietveld - bass
Cindy Blackman Santana - drums
Ray Greene - vocals
Andy Vargas - vocals
Tony Lindsay - vocals
Karl Perazzo - timbales, percussion
Marcus Malone - congas, percussion
Paoli Mejías - percussion
Tommy Anthony - guitar

Former band members

singing
Gregg Rolie - 1966–1972 Leon Thomas - 1973, † 1999 Leon Patillo - 1974-1975 Greg Walker - 1975-1976, 1976-1979, 1983-1985 Luther Rabb - 1976 Joel Badie - 1976	Alex Ligertwood - 1979-1983, 1984-1985, 1987, 1989-1991, 1992-1994 Buddy Miles † 2008 (vocals and drums) - 1986, 1987 Tony Lindsay - 1991, 1995-2003,? - today Vorriece Cooper - 1993 Curtis Salgado - 1995
Keyboards
Gregg Rolie - 1966–1972 Tom Coster - 1972-1988, 1983-1984 Richard Kermode - 1972–1973 Chris Rhyne - 1978-1979 Alan Pasqua - 1979-1980	Richard Baker - 1980-1982 David Sancious - 1984 Chester Thompson - 1983-2009 Sterling Crew - 1985 Lawrence Rogers - 1994-1999 Freddy Ravel - 2010
guitar
Tom Frazier - 1966-1967 Neal Schon - 1971–1972	Chris Solberg - 1978-1980 Myron Dove - 2003-2005
bass
Gus Rodriguez - 1966-1967 David Brown - 1967-1971, 1974-1976 Tom Rutley - 1971-1972 Doug Rauch - 1972–1973 Byron Miller - 1976 Pablo Telez - 1976-1977	David Margen - 1977–1982 Keith Jones - 1983-1984, 1989 Alphonso Johnson - 1985-1989, 1992 Benny Rietveld - 1990–1992, 1997 – today Myron Dove - 1992-1996
Drums
Rod Harper - 1966-1967 Bob Livingston - 1967-1969 Michael Shrieve - 1969–1974, 1988 Leon Ndugu Chancler - 1974-1976, 1988 Gaylord Birch - 1976, 1991 Graham Lear - 1976-1984, 1985-1987 Chester Thompson - 1984 Walfredo Reyes - 1989-1991, 1992-1993	Billy Johnson - 1991, 1994, 2000-2001 Rodney Holmes - 1993-1994, 1997-2000 Tommie Bradford - 1994 Horacio "El Negro" Hernández - 1997 Ricky Wellman - 1997 Dennis Chambers - 1998-2013 Jose Pepe Jimenez - 2013-2015
percussion
Michael Carabello (Congas) - 1966-1967, 1969-1971 Marcus Malone (Congas) - 1967-1969 Jose "Chepito" Areas (Timbales) - 1969–1977, 1988–1989 Rico Reyes (Timbales) - 1971, 1972 Victor Pantoja (Timbales) - 1971 Coke Escovedo (Timbales) - 1971–1972	Pete Escovedo (Timbales) - 1971, 1977-1979 James Mingo Lewis (Congas) - 1972-1972 Armando Peraza † 2014 (Congas, Bongos) - 1976, 1977–1990 Francisco Aguabella (Congas) - 1969–1971 Orestes Vilató (Timbales) - 1980–1987 Raul Rekow † 2015 (congas, percussion) - 1976-2013
Wind instruments
Jules Broussard (saxophone) - 1974-1975 Russell Tubbs ( flute ) - 1978 Oran Coltrane (saxophone) - 1992	Bill Ortiz - trumpet - 1999-2016 Jeff Cressman - trombone - 1999-2016

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
Santana
1969	Santana	DE12 (32 weeks) DE	-	-	UK34 (9 weeks) UK	US4th × 2 Double platinum (108 weeks)US	Sales: + 2,000,000; 150th place in the Rolling Stone 500 First published: August 1969
1970	Abraxas	DE4 (52 weeks) DE	-	-	UK7th gold (51 weeks)UK	US1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (88 weeks)US	Sales: + 5,700,000; 205th place in the Rolling Stone 500; Grammy Hall of Fame First published: September 1970
1971	Santana III	DE6 (36 weeks) DE	-	-	UK6 (16 weeks) UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (39 weeks)US	First published: September 1971 Sales: +2,000,000
1972	Caravanserai	DE13 (20 weeks) DE	-	-	UK6 (11 weeks) UK	US8th platinum (32 weeks)US	First published: October 11, 1972 Sales: +1,150,000
1973	Welcome	DE29 (16 weeks) DE	AT9 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK8th silver (6 weeks)UK	US25th gold (21 weeks)US	First published: November 9, 1973 Sales: +630,000
1974	Borboletta	DE28 (8 weeks) DE	AT9 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK18th silver (5 weeks)UK	US20th gold (19 weeks)US	First published: October 1974 Sales: + 575,000
1976	Amigos	DE8 (40 weeks) DE	AT9 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK13 silver (9 weeks)UK	US10 gold (26 weeks)US	First published: March 26, 1976 Sales: + 830,000
1977	festival	DE15 (16 weeks) DE	AT9 (12 weeks) AT	-	UK27 silver (6 weeks)UK	US27 gold (19 weeks)US	First published: January 1977 Sales: + 675,000
1977	Moonflower	DE16 gold (26 weeks)DE	AT10 (16 weeks) AT	-	UK7th gold (27 weeks)UK	US10 × 2 Double platinum (24 weeks)US	First published: October 1977 Sales: + 2,810,000
1978	Inner Secrets	DE11 (20 weeks) DE	AT19 (12 weeks) AT	-	UK17th gold (16 weeks)UK	US27 gold (33 weeks)US	First published: October 1978 Sales: + 757,500
1979	marathon	DE40 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK28 silver (5 weeks)UK	US25th gold (22 weeks)US	First published: September 1979 Sales: + 660,000
1981	Zebop!	DE21 (21 weeks) DE	AT12 (6 weeks) AT	-	UK33 (4 weeks) UK	US9 platinum (32 weeks)US	First published: April 1981 Sales: + 1,100,000
1982	Shangó	DE14 (12 weeks) DE	AT9 (6 weeks) AT	-	UK35 (7 weeks) UK	US22nd gold (23 weeks)US	First published: August 1982 Sales: + 500,000
1985	Beyond Appearances	DE20 (12 weeks) DE	AT24 (4 weeks) AT	CH9 (9 weeks) CH	UK58 (3 weeks) UK	US50 (21 weeks) US	First published: February 1985
1987	Freedom	DE23 (15 weeks) DE	AT16 (8 weeks) AT	CH8 (9 weeks) CH	-	US95 (11 weeks) US	First published: February 1987
1990	Spirits Dancing in the Flesh	DE34 (10 weeks) DE	AT28 (3 weeks) AT	CH19 (9 weeks) CH	UK68 (1 week) UK	US85 (11 weeks) US	First published: June 1990
1992	Milagro	DE47 (8 weeks) DE	AT31 (1 week) AT	CH11 (9 weeks) CH	-	US102 (13 weeks) US	First published: May 1992
1999	Supernatural	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (85 weeks)DE	AT1 × 2 Double platinum (61 weeks)AT	CH1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (82 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (64 weeks)UK	US1 × 5 Diamond + quintuple platinum (103 weeks)US	Sales: + 30,000,000; two Grammy Awards (album and rock album of the year) First released: January 15, 1999
2002	Shaman	DE2 platinum (20 weeks)DE	AT4th platinum (17 weeks)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (24 weeks)CH	UK15th gold (10 weeks)UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (56 weeks)US	First published: October 22, 2002 Sales: + 3,390,811
2005	All That I Am	DE6 (13 weeks) DE	AT6th gold (11 weeks)AT	CH5 gold (15 weeks)CH	UK36 (3 weeks) UK	US2 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: October 31, 2005 Sales: + 670,000
2010	Guitar Heaven - The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time	DE10 (8 weeks) DE	AT5 (7 weeks) AT	CH5 (8 weeks) CH	UK15 (5 weeks) UK	US5 (18 weeks) US	First published: September 21, 2010 Sales: + 175,500
2012	Shape shifter	DE19 (5 weeks) DE	AT29 (5 weeks) AT	CH8 (6 weeks) CH	UK49 (1 week) UK	US16 (5 weeks) US	First published: May 14, 2012
2014	Corazón	DE12 (5 weeks) DE	AT5 (5 weeks) AT	CH14 (8 weeks) CH	UK58 (1 week) UK	US9 × 2 Double platinum (10 weeks)US	First published: May 6, 2014 Sales: + 150,000
2016	Santana IV	DE5 (10 weeks) DE	AT11 (8 weeks) AT	CH7 (7 weeks) CH	UK4 (3 weeks) UK	US5 (6 weeks) US	First published: April 15, 2016
2019	Africa Speaks	DE6 (8 weeks) DE	AT9 (6 weeks) AT	CH6 (10 weeks) CH	UK35 (1 week) UK	US3 (3 weeks) US	First published: June 7, 2019
Carlos Santana
1979	Oneness: Silver Dreams - Golden Reality	-	-	-	UK55 (4 weeks) UK	US87 (9 weeks) US	First published: March 1979 under the stage name Devadip
1980	The Swing of Delight	DE40 (5 weeks) DE	AT14 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK65 (2 weeks) UK	US65 (10 weeks) US	First published: August 1980 as Devadip Carlos Santana
1983	Havana Moon	DE21 (12 weeks) DE	AT18 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK84 (3 weeks) UK	US31 (17 weeks) US	First published: April 1983
1987	Blues for Salvador	-	-	-	-	US195 (1 week) US	First published: October 1987

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Web links

Santana at Discogs (English)
Official website
Santana at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

^ Hagen Rudolph: Carlos Santana and Band , Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 3-89880-930-7
↑ See section Former Band Members
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Past Players on santana.com (English). Retrieved May 13, 2013
↑ Santana on silver-mg.com (English). Retrieved May 13, 2013
↑ Abraxas at discogs.com. Retrieved May 13, 2013
↑ Current Lineup on santana.com (English). Retrieved August 29, 2015
↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK1 UK2 US
↑ Viva Santana! In: Deccan Herald. November 18, 2012, accessed January 16, 2017 .

[1] Hagen Rudolph: Carlos Santana and Band , Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 3-89880-930-7

[2] See section Former Band Members

[past-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Past Players on santana.com (English). Retrieved May 13, 2013

[4] Santana on silver-mg.com (English). Retrieved May 13, 2013

[5] Abraxas at discogs.com. Retrieved May 13, 2013

[6] Current Lineup on santana.com (English). Retrieved August 29, 2015

[charts-7] Chart sources: DE AT CH UK1 UK2 US

[8] Viva Santana! In: Deccan Herald. November 18, 2012, accessed January 16, 2017 .